Actuarial Practice: Property and Liability

Course Description

This highly participative course is designed to broaden perspectives on the business environment in which actuaries work. In addition to analyzing the issues behind daily events, several continuing issues will be analyzed including insurance pricing cycles, regulatory developments, the role of the actuary as an educator, advisor, objective information source and problem solver, insurance company financial rating and solvency issues, accounting fraud and questionable financial transactions, insurance and the financial markets managing insurance operations, professional ethics, and the impact of current developments in underwriting, and reinsurance on the actuarial function. NOTE: This is the writing-intensive course for Actuarial Science majors. Students must earn a grade of C- or better in this course if they are using it to fill the writing intensive course requirement for their degree. Also note: Prior to fall 2017, the course title was "Casualty Contingencies."

Code

AS 3596

Credits

3

Subject

AS

Programs That Include This Course

• Bachelor's Bachelor of Business Administration in Actuarial Science